Tour of Qatar 2012 : 4th stage

Tom Boonen (BE - Omega Pharma-QuickStep) tightenes his grip on the 2012 Tour of Qatar by winning stage four of the race from Tom Veelers (Project 1t4i) and Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan). Boonen added stage four to his opening stage win.

The last 10km were amongst the most dramatic of the whole race. Cancellara made the first move. He was followed by Boonen, Adam Blythe (BMC), Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) and Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).

Results :

1.	Tom Boonen	144 km
2.	Tom Veelers	same time
3.	Fabian Cancellara
4.	Juan Antonio Flecha
5.	Gert Steegmans	at 4"
6.	Nikolas Maes	11"
7.	Yoann Offredo	14"
8.	Bernard Eisel	zelfde tijd
9.	Tyler Farrar
10.	Ian Stannard	36"
20.	Johan Vansummeren	54"
31.	Mark Cavendish	same time
36.	Klaas Lodewyck

General classification :

1.	Tom Boonen	9h50'51"
2.	Tyler Farrar	at 31"
3.	Juan Antonio Flecha	34"
4.	Gert Steegmans	36"
5.	Bernard Eisel	45"
6.	Tom Veelers	50"
7.	Fabian Cancellara	1'06"
8.	Ramunas Navardauskas	1'09"
9.	Aidis Kruopis	1'10"
10.	Adam Blythe	1'14"
11.	Mark Cavendish	1'15"
12.	Johan Vansummeren	1'19"